Job Details

IT Project Manager (Consumer-facing Websites/Digital Platforms)
Location - Torrance, CA (Hybrid 4 days/week onsite and 1 day/week remote)
Contract Duration - September 2025 - September 14 2026 with possibility of an extension
Travel - Less than 5%

This Project Manager will be supporting the Consumer Applications Department of for one of our large automotive clients. The ideal candidate will be a highly motivated, experienced IT Project Manager who will lead the project team in alignment with the department and divisional objectives. This PM will be supporting Projects & Enhancements to new or existing systems utilizing both Agile and Waterfall methodologies. The PM's primary role is to help delivery teams work more effectively. With a focus on continuous improvement, the PM will work closely with the Product Owners and Project delivery teams, leading Agile practices related to customer-facing digital products. Responsibilities will entail:

• Collaborating extensively and providing cross-functional communication with IT, internal full time employees, consultants, and vendors to define product goals, backlogs and roadmaps leading to successful delivery.
• Manage one or more medium to large - sized, moderately to highly complex projects.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, adhere to high quality standards and meet customer expectations.
• ssemble project plans and teamwork assignments, directing, and monitoring work efforts, identifying resource needs, performing quality reviews; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
• Manage project plan, staff tasks and progress & report status
• Track dependencies and manage risk and issues
• Project Communication to business and IT stakeholders
• Review, refine, and validate complex business requirements and combine into a clear and prioritized backlog.
• Review Technical Design with Solution Architects and Tech leads
• Ensure quality working with QA team, test planning and execution. Co-ordinate, schedule, and chair meetings with multiple stakeholders & distribute meeting minutes
• Create presentation and communication material relevant to a variety of stakeholders including business.
• Manage Release and Post Launch activities end to end.
• Support production systems as needed.
• Examine and drive team performance and ensure accurate and timely feedback to the team and transparency to Product Owner and Executive Stakeholders.
• Support and empower the Consumer Applications delivery teams and/or Product Owners to make appropriate commitments through story task definition.
• Challenge the team to continuously improve through intentional, data-driven inspection and adaption (retrospectives).
• Help teams to maintain their team data and collateral, keeping relevant over time to changing needs of the business.

• Bachelor's degree or requisite experience, training, or coursework in Agile development, innovation, and process management.
• PMP Certification is desired.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience as a Project Manager with Customer facing website, platform digital focus - Commerce, Sales, Website, platform, SAS, website compliance.
• Experience delivering consumer-facing websites or digital platforms that involve complex data, transactions, or integrations.
• Proven experience in performing the following PM functions:
  • ssemble project plans and teamwork assignments, directing, and monitoring work efforts
  • Identifying resource needs, performing quality reviews; and escalating functional, quality, timeline issues appropriately.
  • Manage project plan, staff tasks and progress and report status
  • Track dependencies and manage risk and issues
• Clear communication skills and ability to communicate and negotiate with stakeholders.
• bility to collaborate well with a diverse set of team members (team player)
• Strong Familiarity with Waterfall & Agile Delivery models.
• Technical background to clearly understand complex business requirements and benefits of assigned projects.
• bility to innovate and multi-task with minimal oversight.
• Proven ability to perform the role of scrum-master.
• Strong PowerPoint skills with the ability to present to executive leadership.
• Familiarity with Jira/Confluence tools to manage project artifacts, user stories.

• utomotive industry background.
• Familiarity with Clarity for Project Management and Financial Management.